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[Ben_O]

Pmsl the two in the photo are Matt and my son in law Jay lol
don't worry, I will be suited and booted next year ;)

I was sitting here thinking how much you looked like Jay! 

 

...not realising it actually is Jay 

[Scorp]

We did it!

570 miles return, approx 50mpg at steady 55mph. Set off 12.30pm Saturday and just got home 11.30pm Sunday

35 hours

Took in ace cafe for dinner yesterday, photo op at Buck House, parliament and London eye.

Good go pro, and photo with big Ed

Great trip

Well done to all the organisers and a big thanks from 'us up north'

 

We got back to Preston at 2:30am

[mr3speed]

what a great weekend, made it no issues at all. Had no sleep from friday until last night! cant wait for next year

[davidJK]

My first ever L2B! absolutely loved it!

 

Hope everyone made it home ok, I did see someone on the M40 I think with a police car, Hope they are all ok!

[BronkoMini]

Enjoyed it this year, last year I absolutely hated it, probably because the traffic wasn't so bad, arrived at Brighton half and hour earlier than we actually managed to leave London last year! There are two complaints though,

 

1. My poor brother struggled to get out of the car park space as the cars were parked so close and there were binis the opposite side, so barley any room to manoeuvre, if one of the binis from the opposite side hadn't left I don think we would've got out.

 

2. Because it is open to the public you got cyclist, people walking behind reversing cars, hitting cars with hand bags, etc, really cheesed me off and the fact it was soooo busy meant you couldn't really look at the cars you wanted.  

[mister bridger]

All those bloody cyclists trying to get through the crowds! Same every year though, wouldn't you avoid the place like the plague if you were on a bicycle?!

[Juju]

I agree it was too busy. How many cars s it limited to? Anybody know?

 

And the BINI* parking could have been planned a little better. They are ever-so-slightly larger than their prettier cousins, and so there were a couple of tight pinch-points towards the marina end...especially when another BINI wanted to come through. 

 

 

*I'm not a BINI basher, as I swing both ways....so ner...

[RooBoonix]

I think the Binis should have been parked in the car park bit and the Minis along the main straight

[BronkoMini]

All those bloody cyclists trying to get through the crowds! Same every year though, wouldn't you avoid the place like the plague if you were on a bicycle?!

It may seem a bit overkill, but why don't they close the main drive of to the public and have a £5 entry fee for spectators, people could still walk down the beach bit if they needed to get through, It would stop the careless people hitting peoples cars etc. I'm sure there's probably a major reason they don't do it though.

Plus it would stop the congestion of people.

Edited by BronkoMini, 18 May 2015 - 02:11 PM.

[dave1010]

All those bloody cyclists trying to get through the crowds! Same every year though, wouldn't you avoid the place like the plague if you were on a bicycle?!

your so right about the cyclists but what about people with they're flaming dogs, why on earth if your a dog lover walk it through there!!!! And as for those 'larger cars' yes park them in a a car park, there's one in the town centre ;)

[Scorp]

My first ever L2B! absolutely loved it!

 

Hope everyone made it home ok, I did see someone on the M40 I think with a police car, Hope they are all ok!

 

I saw that mini, was it cream?

 

Looked like the wheel had fallen off - hope they were okay

[Boom!]

EDIT- 

Edited by Boom!, 18 May 2015 - 02:52 PM.

[screech]

It was a great day, seemed busy as always, and the weather was spot on! 
 
I'm not sure what happened to the LSMOC marshalls, but the parking down in brighton was horrendous. Nobody could move at the far end where the road narrows, as cars were still parked both sides, leaving just about enough room to drive a mini through, binis were struggling along with pedestrians watching their toes. 
 
I'm not sure what others think, but I think we've really got the 'registration' procedure down to a tee now, started at 5, and the main queue was gone within 45mins!
 
 
My day was ruined, seeing a child doing this...

Edited by screech, 18 May 2015 - 02:53 PM.

[matt050990]

Ah I see now.

What a little turd!

Edited by matt050990, 18 May 2015 - 02:53 PM.

[RooBoonix]

It was a great day, seemed busy as always, and the weather was spot on! 
 
I'm not sure what happened to the LSMOC marshalls, but the parking down in brighton was horrendous. Nobody could move at the far end where the road narrows, as cars were still parked both sides, leaving just about enough room to drive a mini through, binis were struggling along with pedestrians watching their toes. 
 
I'm not sure what others think, but I think we've really got the 'registration' procedure down to a tee now, started at 5, and the main queue was gone within 45mins!
 
 
My day was ruined, seeing a child doing this...
 

 

Jesus what was the child doing?! I saw some couple with 2 kids sitting on a blue Mini's bonnet. I hope it was theirs... Even if it was, why would you want to let kids with trainers on sit on your Mini's bonnet?! It looked like a real nice paint job too :/